Mzansi’s agripreneurs are embracing technology innovation like never before. They know very well that technology continues to play a major role in the development of agriculture globally, while helping the industry to break into new frontiers. Dawie Maree, the Head of Information and Marketing for FNB Agriculture, says agricultural technology …

Climate is an important force in driving the agricultural productivity of a particular area either directly (by influencing the crops and livestock) or indirectly (by disturbing the water resources). In the past few decades rapid changes has been observed in the climatic conditions around the globe posing some serious threats …

Nature is very kind to every living organism. It bestows a lot of things to all living beings. Different kind of foods, vegetables, fruits, meat, milk and milk products etc. given to all. But among all these are the most precious and essential is …

Every living organism requires water for its sustainable development and survival. Unfortunately, day to day water is escalating down to scarcity. Presently, Pakistan is rated amongst the water stress countries where per capita water availability is less than 1600m3 per annum, but by the year 2035 water availability should be …

Ultrafiltration is a low-pressure membrane process used to separate high molecular weight compounds from a feed stream. Ultrafiltration has larger pores than nanofiltration and reverse osmosis and is therefore the least costly of the three to operate. Dairy applications: with the development of improved membranes, ultrafiltration has become a …

Performance study of Different Direct Solar Dryers written by . Syed Mudabbar Hussain Shah, The Author is final year student of B.Sc (Hons.) in Food Engineering Department of Food Engineering University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. In a direct solar dryer, the moisture of the product to be dried is taken away by the direct …

AFTER experiencing an overall drop of 12pc in its tractor sales to 12,416 units in 2014 because of a tough economic environment, plummeting commodity prices, floods and political agitation in the country, the Al-Ghazi Tractors Ltd witnessed an upturn in its sales during the first half of this year. According …

1. Radiation: In this position the point is located on plane by drawing a ray from the plane table station to the point, and plotting scale along the ray the distance is measured from the station to the point. The method is suitable for the survey of the small areas …

One of the primary objects of land surveying is to determine the area of the land surveyed. Areas may be determined by: 1. computation from field notes: It can be done by two ways. Calculation of the area of the skeleton of the survey and Calculation of the area enclosed …

Leveling may be the art of determining the relative heights or elevations of points are objects on the earth’s surface. It deals with measurements in a vertical plane. Definitions of terms used in Leveling: A level surface: It is any surface parallel to the mean spheroidal surface of the earth …